Bernadette Charan

Bernadette Charan is currently the Manager, Trust Safety at the Law Society of Alberta. She manages the compliance, audit and analytics programs with a lens on Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing processes and controls.  Prior to that, she was the Manager of Internal Audit for a leading North American environmental solutions provider. Bernadette has 15 years of experience in compliance, risk, internal audit and process efficiencies. She is a graduate of Trent University where she obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration. She is also a CPA and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).

Although Bernadette was born and raised in Calgary, her parents immigrated to Canada in 1975. At that time there were not many programs to support immigrants, let alone women. Volunteering with CIWA is her way of paying it forward to those who may be in the same place as her mom, who migrated to Canada 50 years ago.

Bernadette is passionate about financial literacy, continuous learning and bringing out the best in her teams. She enjoys time in the mountains, playing board games and exploring new restaurants with her husband and two daughters.